Manhattan Edit Workshop Adds DaVinci Resolve Workshops to its Stellar Lineup

Manhattan Edit Workshop (MEWShop), the cutting-edge authorized digital training destination for post-production and content creators, has just announced new dates for DaVinci Resolve workshops, which will be taught by Warren Eagles, professional color grader and co-founder of the International Colorist Academy (ICA). Touted as the color grading system of choice for many of Hollywoods blockbuster production studios, DaVinci Resolve 11 was announced earlier this year to much excitement over its expanded set of editing features among many other upgrades.

Resolve 11 was announced at NAB 2014. MEWShop is one of the first training facilities to offer classes in 11 and will provide workshops for both beginners and experienced colorists alike. In ICA 101: An Introduction to Colorist Strategies with DaVinci Resolve, students will learn the basics of the system. For those who wish to expand upon this foundation, there is ICA 201: Advanced Colorist Strategies with Davinci Resolve. The workshops round out with Warrens Looks with Resolve, where students will gain insight as to how famous looks and styles are created.

ICA 101: An Introduction to Colorist Strategies with DaVinci Resolve

A great introduction to Resolve 11 software, this class is ideal for first time users with little to no Resolve or colorist experience. This class mixes the operational side of Resolve with some practical real world training on workflows, basic color theory, grading approaches and techniques. Among many other topics, students will learn:

A complete demo of the system, looking at every area of the new software and how it works with the control surface

Basic color theory, looking at the waveform, vectorscope and histogram as well as how different colors interact with increased saturation/contrast; why some colors complement each other more than others

Using the pan, tilt, zoom and rotate controls to explore how far you can zoom in on a film or digital image; Keyframing in the timeline and auto tracking

Resolve workflows including Film, Red, Canon, Arri Alexa, Sony F3 and other digital files

How to create looks and styles within Resolve to get a project started, including orange and teal, cross process, bleach bypass, Schindlers red coat, duotones and day for night

Monday, July 28 - Wednesday, July 30 from 10am - 6pm

Cost: $1,495

ICA 201: Advanced Colorist Strategies with DaVinci Resolve

This class is designed around a small, conformed sequence that students can keep as a take away. Eagles will work through the project from start to finish with students, looking not only at Resolve, but also using general colorist strategies. Students will be able to keep the project and stills, a great way to continue your learning. Among many other topics, students will learn:

Starting with dailies, grade a look for editing from the RAW camera files

Render ProRes or DNxHD for offline editing, H264 for the web

Bring in audio .wav then compare the conform with the offline reference movie

Conform vs. Bake - what are the pros and cons of each workflow?

Primary grading - three-way color corrector, Curves and LOG grading

Look creation - how to preview a look through the whole timeline using the split screen mode

Thursday, July 31 - Friday, August 1 from 10am - 6pm

Cost: $1,095

Warrens Looks with Resolve

This one-day workshop is open to all skill levels and will give students great insight into how famous looks and styles are created. Attendees will learn how to create traditional Looks, but will also work on how to make new Looks to suit unique workflows, even without million dollar budgets. Students are encouraged to bring their own footage. Among others, students will learn the following looks:

Bleach Bypass

Duotones

Technicolor two-strip

Cross process

Natural Color vs. Color Washes

Day for Night

Classic Black and White

Orange and Teal

Huge grads

Spot Color

Saturday August 2 from 10am - 6pm

Cost: $549

Registration

Prospective students can bundle the ICA 101 and ICA 201 and receive 10% off the total price (regularly $2,590.00; $2,331.00 with discount), or bundle the ICA 101, ICA 201 and Warrens Looks workshop for 15% off the total price (regularly $3,139.00; $2,668.00 with discount). To receive this discount, simply indicate which dates youd like to attend in the comments box. Register here.

Whats New In DaVinci Resolve?

DaVinci Resolve 11 features an abundance of new features for editing and color grading. MEWShops Resolve training with Warren will focus on all of the coloring capabilities of Resolves latest version. New to this renowned color grading system is the Color Chart based auto color balance, enhanced grading Group management with Pre-Clip and Post-Clip node graphs, additional keyer finesse controls for cleaner keys and additional Split Screen groups to show all highlight views. Other updates include the Camera Raw palette now having Highlight and Shadows recovery, Saturation, Contrast, Midtone Detail, Color Boost Lift and gain controls. Camera Raw controls are also now all available on the BMD control panel and Gallery stills and memories are now selectable in one Split Screen group.

About The International Colorist Academy (ICA)

The ICA was founded by colorists Kevin Shaw and Warren Eagles, who have over 50 years of combined grading experience. They boast over 25 years of training and demo experience. Kevin and Warren are currently working colorists who have pooled their valuable experience in grading commercials, DI, music and drama projects, to create hands on colorist training courses. The ICA has formulated different types of training courses dependent on needs. Topics covered include basic color theory, digital and film workflows, Telecine and lab history, working with clients and of course lots of cool stuff on looks and styles.

About Warren Eagles

Warren Eagles has been grading

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